Pacifistic is from pacifist + -ic, ultimately from Latin pacificus 'peacemaking', from pax 'peace' + facere 'to make'. Important recorded forms include pacificus (Latin) and pax (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers opposed to violence or war as a means of settling disputes. The wider family includes derived forms such as pacifistically and related words such as pacifist, pacifism, and pacify.